SLAYERS OF INNOCENT BABES
"Spawn of unbelievers. They've got the taint in their hearts. They ought to be destroyed. There's no room in the world for those who insult the Roman warrior."
And even the older soldiers went to the Centurion and said:
"The impudence of these rascals deserves condign punishment. Command us to go after them and slaughter them. We should destroy the unbelievers whilst they are young and weak, for when they grow up they will be capable of combining and doing much damage."
And the Centurion yielded and said:
"You go after them, kill those who shouted at us and punish the rest, so that they may remember to the end of their days what it means to insult the Roman soldier."
And the Centurion and the troop of horse turned back and galloped through the dust after the children.
Lin saw the soldiers coming after them and cried to the others:
"Leave me. You cannot save me, but if we all flee together then we shall all be killed by this dishonourable and pitiless troop. I will go and meet them. They will kill me only, and I have no wish to go on
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